Group Members: Jake B., Joel H., Michael V., Mike B., Alyssa T., Peter B., Dylan U.

What was that guy talking about?

What are the global applications of this information today? How about to you and your

education/experience

-Availability of information to diverse populations around the globe. - Imagine the whole world equipped with this vast landscape of knowledge.

-Quality and quantity of a widely distributed source that anyone can edit. - Anybody can do it, just they'll be watched.

-The future model of large-scale companies, corporations, businesses, projects, etc. - Wikipedia follows a self-correcting, self-sustaining model.

-Governance - Democratic first, aristocratic second, dictatorial first.

-Good Samaritans - Wikipedia sustains itself purely upon the good will of the people.

-Globalism- Cross-cultural exchange, access an experience, well-informed citizens

-Individualism-Rights to individuals, "the winners write the textbooks" (new perspectives), resources for education

What philosophy or worldview informs and supports the presenter?

-Freud, Heisenberg, Einstein, Uncertainty

Problems raised from this subject:

-What if they aren't just?

-Corruption within Wiki?

-Corrupt information to corrupt individuals

-Remote Schooling (Madrassah)

-Relies on Humanism

Neutrality Shuts that Down . . .

How Does Wikipedia Deal?

-Why not Humanism?

-Other aristocrats understand the risks

-Still Democracy . . .

-Still Dictatorship

What Can You Do to Make Wikipedia Better?

-Encourage, Encourage Encourage

-You Edit, If You Can Be Just

Any Stupid Questions?